Sander Arends and David Pel of the Netherlands defeated the Chinese pair of Zhizhen Zhang and Yi Zhou 6-2, 6-3 in the doubles quarterfinal at the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing to advance to the semifinal. The match was decided in straight sets.
In the previous round, Arends and Pel also did not drop a set, beating Guido Andreozzi and Manuel Guinard 6-3, 6-4. The Dutch pair arrived in Beijing from Hangzhou, where they reached the final but lost to Francisco Cabral and James Tracy 5-7, 4-6. Source: api.tennis.